diff --git a/src/biocgenerics/__init__.py b/src/biocgenerics/__init__.py
index 7e9a78c..2f60579 100644
--- a/src/biocgenerics/__init__.py
+++ b/src/biocgenerics/__init__.py
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
 from .combine_cols import combine_cols
 from .combine_rows import combine_rows
 from .rownames import rownames, set_rownames
-from .show_as_cell import show_as_cell, format_table
+from .show_as_cell import show_as_cell
diff --git a/src/biocgenerics/show_as_cell.py b/src/biocgenerics/show_as_cell.py
index 378e78a..fd1e1c6 100644
--- a/src/biocgenerics/show_as_cell.py
+++ b/src/biocgenerics/show_as_cell.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from functools import singledispatch
-from typing import Any, List, Optional, Sequence
+from typing import Any, List, Sequence
 
 __author__ = "Aaron Lun"
 __copyright__ = "LTLA"
@@ -27,87 +27,3 @@ def show_as_cell(x: Any, indices: Sequence[int]) -> List[str]:
     for i in indices:
         output.append(str(x[i]))
     return output
-
-
-def _get_max_width(col: List[str]):
-    width = 0
-    for y in col:
-        if len(y) > width:
-            width = len(y)
-    return width
-
-
-def format_table(
-    columns: List[Sequence[str]],
-    floating_names: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None,
-    sep: str = " ",
-    window: Optional[int] = None,
-) -> str:
-    """Pretty-print a table with wrapping columns.
-
-    Args:
-        columns: List of list of strings, where each inner list is the same length.
-            Strings are typically generated by :py:meth:`~show_as_cell`.
-
-        floating_names: List of strings to be added to the left of the table. This is
-            printed repeatedly for each set of wrapped columns.
-
-        sep: Separator between columns.
-
-        window: Size of the terminal window, in characters. We attempt to determine
-            this automatically, otherwise it is set to 150.
-
-    Returns:
-        str: String containing the pretty-printed table.
-    """
-    if window is None:
-        import os
-
-        try:
-            window = os.get_terminal_size().columns
-        except Exception as _:
-            window = 150
-
-    if len(columns) == 0:
-        raise ValueError("At least one column should be supplied in 'columns'.")
-    n = len(columns[0])
-
-    floatwidth = 0
-    if floating_names is not None:
-        floatwidth = _get_max_width(floating_names)
-        new_floating_names = []
-        for y in floating_names:
-            new_floating_names.append(y.rjust(floatwidth))
-        floating_names = new_floating_names
-
-    output = ""
-
-    def reinitialize():
-        if floating_names is None:
-            return [""] * n
-        else:
-            return floating_names[:]
-
-    contents = reinitialize()
-    init = True
-    used = floatwidth
-
-    for col in columns:
-        width = _get_max_width(col)
-
-        if not init and used + width + len(sep) > window:
-            for line in contents:
-                output += line + "\n"
-            contents = reinitialize()
-            init = True
-            used = floatwidth
-
-        for i, y in enumerate(col):
-            if used > 0:
-                contents[i] += sep
-            contents[i] += y.rjust(width)
-        used += width + len(sep)
-        init = False
-
-    output += "\n".join(contents)
-    return output
diff --git a/tests/test_show_as_cell.py b/tests/test_show_as_cell.py
index e2c937c..2edf24c 100644
--- a/tests/test_show_as_cell.py
+++ b/tests/test_show_as_cell.py
@@ -1,22 +1,6 @@
-from biocgenerics import show_as_cell, format_table
+from biocgenerics import show_as_cell
 
 
 def test_show_as_cell():
     assert show_as_cell([1, 2, 3, 4], range(4)) == ["1", "2", "3", "4"]
     assert show_as_cell([1, 2, 3, 4], [1, 3]) == ["2", "4"]
-
-
-def test_format_table():
-    contents = [
-        ["asdasd", "1", "2", "3", "4"],
-        [""] + ["|"] * 4,
-        ["asyudgausydga", "A", "B", "C", "D"],
-    ]
-    print(format_table(contents))
-    print(format_table(contents, floating_names=["", "aarg", "boo", "ffoo", "stuff"]))
-    print(format_table(contents, window=10))
-    print(
-        format_table(
-            contents, window=10, floating_names=["", "AAAR", "BBBB", "XXX", "STUFF"]
-        )
-    )